I recently moved to the Risk Product side of our business after four years in Digital Innovation, where the skills I developed are helping us consider new ways to improve products and delight customers.

Is the next generation prepared to fail so it can ultimately succeed? Find out what we learned when we challenged Milwaukee-area middle and high school students to “fail forward” during Fall Experiment.

I like to buy local and fresh, so I was excited to learn someone in our office was selling farm-fresh eggs. The buying process wasn't ideal, though, until my provider started to think “outside the egg carton.”

When faced with a recent challenge, my team and I knew we'd need IT to help execute the solution. So, we brought them in to collaborate—up front. The results we were able to achieve by working as one team surpassed my expectations, and we can’t wait to do it again!

Not every innovative idea has to be the next Uber. There's so much we can achieve with incremental innovation. Check out this solution that cost us zero dollars yet will save the company more than $100,000 a year

For startups that want to work with us, the first priority is to have a solution that solves a business need or opportunity. The second priority is something we find is often overlooked, yet critical to every successful engagement: Industry-standard controls.

THAT Conference is a great place to recruit tech talent. This year, Northwestern Mutual really stood out from the dozens of companies pitching their stories – thanks to some amazing work done by an unlikely source: Milwaukee-area high school students.

Everyone in your company does not need to know how to build new digital systems, but everyone needs to be curious about their potential, ability and aspirations to deliver business value using digital as a core capability. Here are five key steps business leaders can take to foster a culture of digital innovation and creativity.

Northwestern Mutual has been selected as a winner of the 2019 CIO 100 Awards for its fraud detection capabilities to safeguard its clients’ financial security. The annual CIO 100 awards program celebrates 100 organizations using IT in innovative ways to deliver business value through technology and innovation.